Project Gutenberg 2014-09-29 Public domain in the USA. 399 Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron 1800 1859 Macaulay, Lord (Thomas Babington Macaulay) Macaulay, T. Babington (Thomas Babington) Macaulay, Thomas Babington Emiliani-Giudici, Paolo 1812 1872 Storia d'Inghilterra, vol 1 Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_History_of_England_from_the_Accession_of_James_the_Second Produced by Giovanni Fini, Carlo Traverso, Claudio Paganelli and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Storia d'Inghilterra, vol 1" by Baron Thomas Babington Macaulay is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. This work focuses on the history of England, detailing significant events and influences from the reign of James II through the Glorious Revolution that established a constitutional monarchy. Macaulay aims not only to narrate military and political events but also to sketch the evolution of English society and culture. The opening of this volume introduces Macaulay's ambitious intent to narrate the complexities of English history, emphasizing the duality of triumphs and tragedies that shaped the nation. He outlines the context and interconnections of various events leading to the significant transformation of England's governance, particularly during the late 17th century. The text explores the early influences of Roman, Saxon, and Norman legacies, moving toward the analysis of the Stuart monarchy's decline and the revolutionary changes that followed, setting the stage for a broader discussion of England's progress toward a constitutional government and the intertwining of societal and political evolution. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 40.6 (College-level). Difficult to read. it Great Britain -- History DA Text IT Storia Category: History - British Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) 1618763 2025-07-19T04:29:29.372009 text/html 1646477 2024-10-24T11:08:56 text/html 652995 2025-07-19T04:29:44.969979 application/epub+zip 676749 2025-07-19T04:29:31.780008 application/epub+zip 672741 2025-07-19T04:29:30.599016 application/epub+zip 1079317 2025-07-19T04:29:54.699895 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 984550 2025-07-19T04:29:43.683948 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 980997 2022-09-21T11:02:00.652337 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1444719 2025-07-19T04:29:27.820025 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1424876 2024-10-24T11:08:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17974 2025-07-19T04:29:54.870872 application/rdf+xml 15825 2025-07-19T04:29:30.740980 image/jpeg 3204 2025-07-19T04:29:30.672978 image/jpeg 609155 2025-07-19T04:29:29.502034 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia